[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021) › c5.s7.2 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s7.2 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c5.s7.2 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s7.2) \*Stuti\* (praise) and \*nindā\* (abuse) are necessary ingredients of the discourses that were delivered in Vedic sacrifices. In Vedic sacrifices such as the Aśvamedha, the priest functions both as an \*apagara\* (reviler) and \*abhigara\* (praiser). - [Previous: c5.s7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s7.1) - [Next: c5.s7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s7.3) - [Up: c5.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c5.s7.2) · Pramāṇa